Category: Resources

Rain barrel set-up is harder than it looks, as witnessed in my latest Late Bloomer! With non-stop news about our big El Nino bringing winter rains this year, I thought it best to procure two more barrels. I set them up at the diagonal opposite of my house. Since they would be visible walking in […]

In Growing Winter Squash – Spaghetti & Pumpkin on “Late Bloomer,” I take you through my experience of growing heirloom Cinderella pumpkin (Rouges Vif d’Etampes) and spaghetti squash for the first time. In addition to the varieties of winter squash I grew in my garden (kabocha and cushaw are covered in Part 2), I got a few varieties from […]

Grow Broomcorn for Making Brooms & Fall Decor – Follow my three-year adventure growing broomcorn, with the original intention of making my own broom. Tip: you have to grow more than one row to make a broom! With original music by Jon Pileggi. Give it a try! It’s fun and broomcorn makes a beautiful border even if you […]

Go out of your way. ~ As I was taking leave after my interview with Barefoot Farmer in the spring, he complimented me for making the trip to meet him. “There are two kinds of people in the world, those that go out of their way, and those that don’t,” I found myself saying. That’s something I’d […]

Files from the Road: Farm to Table in Pinewood, fourth in a series. This story begins with a lettuce-wrapped grass-fed-and-finished burger and homemade potato chips, and ends with a gluten-free hummus veggie pizza. I’ve written this before. When I go home to Tennessee, as I did last week, I ask myself, “What am I going […]

I thought you might enjoy two 20-minute farm box recipes. If you follow Late Bloomer, you know that I am a 20-minute cook. Recipes that take longer and are complicated I leave to the professionals! So, I’m always interested in creating tasty, FAST, home-prepared meals on the Fridays I receive my farm box. There is […]

Save time and money regrowing food. People tell me all the time they just don’t have the time (or the money) to start a garden. But, did you realize how many foods you can regrow from scraps? You can have quite a nifty little garden in your kitchen window if you save your scraps and […]

Have fresh greens in winter with Easy Seed Sprouting! Are you aching to get in your garden, but the weather won’t let you? One way to have nutrition at your fingertips all year long is to sprout! I admit, I was intimidated by the idea of sprouting (well, I’m a late bloomer and lots of things […]

A great resource makes all the difference. When you are a beginning gardener you can get overwhelmed with all there is to learn. (It’s like a film photographer learning Photoshop! You’ll never get it all, but try you must!) From seeds, sustainability and soil health to pests, diseases, flowers and fungi, there is SO much to […]

Sprouting seeds simply was the only way I knew I’d ever get into sprouting seeds. I walked into my local nursery last week for garden amendments and spotted a new display near the rack of Botanical Interests seeds. They have just added a Seed Sprouter to their product line. I stopped to look, and might have […]

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Dear Kaye,
You are my inspiration! Though I have been gardening veggies and flowers for many years here in upstate NY, one day I needed advice on growing cabbage and I found you. I show your videos to anyone who will listen. You make us feel like your neighbor. I would love to be your neighbor! What a spirit you have and you have sparked my garden bug this year and just now as I was out checking all 90 plus plants that I have, I kept hearing you say “be vigilant” *smiles*
THANK YOU

Lissy07

Wow, Kaye, your garden looks Fabulous. We are also shifting over to warm crops now. Few more cabbages, broccoli and peas left. I was pretty happy to see our first baby tomato. BTW, I downloaded your ebook and looking forward for some great tips. Keep up the good work.

sumip90x

I enjoy watching your videos so much! I’m from Hawaii, but at the moment I’m in Minnesota for college and I’ve been having gardening withdrawals. I’ve attempted to grow some things indoors, because I’m in an apartment, but they’ve all failed. I’ll need to do more research and hopefully I’ll be successful. Can’t wait until your next upload!

Noah H.

Kaye, I am from New Zealand and have only in the past six months grown my own veggies! Today was a crappy, rainy day, so I spent it watching all or your videos. I, like you, got hooked on the land as soon as I tried gardening. Your style is magic! I love your spirit, your style and your tips! Hanging out for the next video now!

Liz McBride

I LOVE your new site! It’s beautiful, and so chocked full of information that’s easy to navigate. So happy I checked it out and will be returning over and over again. Just looking at the photos of all the fresh fruits, veggies, and recipes is making me want to go outside and find more spaces to plant a plethora of healthy home grown food for me and my family! Awesome…thanks for creating this wonderful site!

Jennifer

Thank you for this incredibly informative
video, Kaye!! And my goodness, YOU are
as lovely as your beautiful flowers!!! Will
be checking out your others for more of the
fun- I’m officially a Late Bloomer from
this point on!!! :)))